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US 5,397,038 AGranted
Expandable garment hanger
AssigneeBraitrim (UK) Limited
InventorWilliam J. Hunt
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AssigneeBraitrim (UK) Limited
InventorWilliam J. Hunt
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An expandable garment hanger with which the invention is concerned has a body (1), a hook (2) on the body to suspend the hanger and a pair of movable arms (3,4), slidably mounted on the body. The arms are arranged to move in opposite directions. A locking device (8,9) is located on the body (1) of the hanger so as to lock the movable arms relative to the body. The locking device is movable along a path parallel to the path along which the arms are movable. A biasing device, preferably a spring (27), is provided for biasing the locking device (9,9) against movement in one direction so that when the arm of the hanger is set and locked in position the arms of the hanger are movable against the biasing force of the spring (27). The hanger conveniently supports garments of varying waist widths and maintains the hanger at the desired widths once the garment is mounted on the hanger but also allows the garment to be removed from the hanger by a small inward force applied to the end of the arm.
In a garment hanger having a body with an elongated slot, hook means on the body for suspending the hanger, a movable arm slidably mounted on the body for free movement in opposite directions, and locking means mounted on the body for locking said movable arm relative to the body against movement in one direction, a locking device having teeth, the locking means including a ratchet on said arm engagable by said teeth, the improvement being in the locking device being movable along a path substantially parallel to the path along which said arm of the hanger is movable, the locking device extending outwardly through said elongate slot in the body of the hanger and inwardly to engage said ratchet on the said arm in a selected position, the locking device being movable longitudinally along the slot in the body of the hanger for release thereof from the ratchet, and biasing means engagable with the locking device for biasing the locking device against movement in one direction so that when said arm of the hanger is set and locked in position the arm of the hanger is movable against the biasing force of the said biasing means.
A garment hanger having a body, hook means on the body for suspending the body, a movable arm longitudinally, slidably, mounted on the body for movement in a longitudinal direction, locking means capable of locking the movable arm relative to the body in any selected longitudinal position against inward movement in a longitudinal direction and biasing means for biasing the locked arm against inward longitudinal movement of the arm so that when the arm is locked in its selected locked position the arm is inwardly movable by a limited amount against the biasing force of the biasing means to reduce the width of the hanger to enable removal of a garment hung on the garment hanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.